Sunday 15 August Feast of Mary, Mother of our Lord Isaiah 61.10 – 62.3 The Song of Mary Galatians 4.4-7 Luke 2.1-7 Giving birth to God ©Suzanne Grimmett There is a tradition in the Church of making New Year’s resolutions on the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. This … Read more
Sunday 18 April 2021 Acts 3.12-20 Psalm 4 1 John 2.15-17, 3.1-6 Luke 24.36b-48 ©Suzanne Grimmett Every time I have this privilege of stepping up to the lectern and offering a sermon to this community, I do so aware that you will all come in a different place to when I saw you last. … Read more
St Andrew’s Anglican Church Indooroopilly ‘Listening to the many voices of God’: A Sermon offered by Lauren Martin Presentation of Christ at the Temple (January 30 and 31) Hebrews 2.14-18 Psalm Malachi 3.1-4 Luke 2.22-40 What do the unnamed little boy who is the lead character in Roald Dahl’s Witches and Frodo in Lord of … Read more
A sermon offered by The Reverend Ann Edwards Christmas Eve 2020 Luke 2: 1-14 When English royal babies are born, an easel is placed outside the palace to announce the news. Buckingham Palace has locked, cast iron gates, it is guarded, and the reality is the royal child is likely not even inside. While clearly … Read more
Sunday 20 December 2020 St Andrews Anglican Church Luke 1: 26-38: The Sublimation of God © Richard Fay I expect if I was a first century reader of Luke’s Gospel, I may likely burst into laughter at the absurdity of what I was reading. The words “greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you” is … Read more
SERMON Sunday 18 October, 2020 Feast of St Luke, Evangelist and Martyr Jeremiah 8.22 – 9.3 Psalm 145.10-18 2 Timothy 4.9-17a Luke 10.1-9 Quoth the Raven ©Suzanne Grimmett Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored? Jeremiah 8.22 When … Read more
SERMON Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple Sunday 2 February Malachi 3.1-4 Psalm 84 Hebrews 2.14-18 Luke 2.22-40 The light all around us © Suzanne Grimmett The English poet William Blake told the story from his childhood of one day when he was playing outside, seeing a tree filled with angels of … Read more
SERMON Feast of Christ the King St Andrew’s Parish of Indooroopilly Sunday 24 November Jeremiah 23.1-6 Song of Zechariah Colossians 1.11-20 Luke 23.33-43 The grace of being “one of them” ©Sue Grimmett Why, just as we are about to step into that season of preparation and hopeful expectation of God coming wrapped in the form … Read more
St Andrews – Sermon: Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost: Ann Edwards Haggai 1:15b – 2.9 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Luke 20: 27-40 Encouragement In Sunday School a few years back, my kids made rope out of wool. I had never seen it done before, and it’s a really useful life skill, and an interesting science … Read more
Sermon St Andrew’s Parish of Indooroopilly Feast of All Saints Luke 6.20-31 Sunday 3 November Make a nesting place ©Sue Grimmett The lives of the official Saints can be daunting. Like a glossy magazine cover, many of the narratives of these superhuman men and women have been airbrushed to eliminate flaws but have also grown … Read more